first post

Here's the first post for my journalism class. It's just past midnight, which means it's still Monday in College Time. Hehee. It's time to get back into the swing of classes, work, and volunteering with clubs on campus. There's nothing too interesting to report tonight.

I still have unpacking to do, having moved into the new apartment this past week. Most of the week I spent cleaning the apartment, because the cleaning people did a piss poor job. I scrubbed floors, raked up leaves and garbage, mopped, washed walls, and washed down kitchen appliances for three days. Yeesh. I was starting to feel like Cinderella. On the other hand, I take that back. Cinderella had it easy. She constantly cleaned, which meant that her household did not have several months worth of gunk to clean up. Yuck!

One of the leisure books I brought with me (leisure time? What was I thinking? That I would have a life outside school work? Pssha, no.) is an old book of Italian fairy tales, which includes the Italian version of Cinderella. So far, I've read only the introduction, which was enlightening about how Italian folk and fairy tales differ from German or other fairy tales. It reminded that I want to do further research on folk tales and fairy tales to use in my own writing and to analyze the cultural and moral impact of the stories. When I did my research paper on Rumpelstiltskin, I found Jack Zipes to be one of the foremost knowledgeable people in the USA to write and teach literary criticism of fairy tales. I'd love to buy some of his books, but I' must save my money for rent and textbooks. ='( Ah well, there's always the public library.